1 Kings 5:6
Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.
Context
This verse from 1 Kings Chapter 5 connects to 10 cross-references. Hiram king of Tyre, who loved David, congratulates Solomon; Solomon proposes building the temple and requests cedar and cypress timber. Hiram agrees to provide timber in exchange for wheat and oil; Solomon drafts 30,000 forced laborers in rotating shifts, plus …
Other Translations
Now therefore command thou that they cut me cedar-trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants; and I will give thee hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt say: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that knoweth how to cut timber like unto the Sidonians.
`And now, command, and they cut down for me cedars out of Lebanon, and my servants are with thy servants, and the hire of thy servants I give to thee according to all that thou sayest, for thou hast known that there is not among us a man acquainted with cutting wood, like the Sidonians.'
So now, will you have cedar-trees from Lebanon cut down for me, and my servants will be with your servants; and I will give you payment for your servants at whatever rate you say; for it is common knowledge that we have no such wood-cutters among us as the men of Zidon.
Cross References
And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,
So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber …
And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of …
And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in …
Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can …
And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and …
They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of …
The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars; yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.